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Unfortunately society seems to have decided that moderation is a complete replacement for personal accountability.
by wmf 10mo ago
Unfortunately society seems to have decided that moderation is a complete replacement for personal accountability.
- skybrian 10mo agoAn analogy: if you're running the zoo, the public's safety is your job for anyone who visits. It's of course also true that sometimes visitors act like idiots (and maybe should be prosecuted), and also that wild animals are not entirely predictable, but if the leopards are escaping, you're going to be judged for that.
- wmf 10mo agoBut the visitors are almost never prosecuted, even when something is obviously their fault.
- skybrian 10mo agoMaybe because sometimes they're kids? You gotta kid-proof stuff in a zoo. Also, punishment is a rather inefficient way to teach the public anything. The people who come through the gate tomorrow probably won't know about the punishment. It will often be easier to fix the environment. Removing troublemakers probably does help in the short term and is a lot easier than punishing.
- wmf 10mo agoSocial media is mostly not removing troublemakers though.
- rescbr 10mo agoIf the personal accountability happened at the speed and automation level that X allows Grok to produce revenge porn and CSAM, then I'd agree with you.
- wmf 10mo agoI've been saying for years that we need the Internet equivalent of speeding tickets.